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Croyde Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Charilaos Mouzakis kicked off to start the match. When Nukri Robakidze fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Croyde AFC's protests and gave Nukri Robakidze a yellow card for diving instead. Nukri Robakidze kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khvicha Beroshvili in the 25th minute of play forced Marske-by-the-Sea's goalkeeper Vaja Sulakvidze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kakhi Alania could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Vaja Sulakvidze made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nukri Robakidze in the 30th minute of play forced Marske-by-the-Sea's goalkeeper Vaja Sulakvidze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Filipp Mingrelsky showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aydin Bitsadze, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. After 35 minutes of play Croyde AFC's Nukri Robakidze was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 35th minute, Nukri Robakidze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Merab Paghava didn't quite understand what happened when in the 37 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. In the 43rd match minute, Marske-by-the-Sea was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 郑竞延 to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 44 minutes, Botchia Anghelache managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Croyde AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Botchia Anghelache was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Tsotne Cholokaev kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Filipp Mingrelsky stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Charilaos Mouzakis's shot from short distance in the 48th minute.

The wind increased when Kakhi Alania made the kick off in the second half. Vaja Sulakvidze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khvicha Beroshvili in the 56th minute of the match. 57 minutes into the game, Croyde AFC's Kakhi Alania nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Vaja Sulakvidze made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 60 minutes into the match, Marske-by-the-Sea's goal looked a bit too open when Khvicha Beroshvili came free, but Vaja Sulakvidze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Gogita Neparidze, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 64 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Vaja Sulakvidze was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Marske-by-the-Sea's Vaja Sulakvidze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gogita Neparidze in the 66th minute of play. Vaja Sulakvidze took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gogita Neparidze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kakhi Alania in the 74th minute of play forced Marske-by-the-Sea's goalkeeper Vaja Sulakvidze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vaja Sulakvidze showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khvicha Beroshvili, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Merab Paghava hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 80th minute Kakhi Alania shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vaja Sulakvidze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Botchia Anghelache made in the 82nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Marske-by-the-Sea's Bondo Salia. Khvicha Beroshvili sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vaja Sulakvidze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kakhi Alania in the 89th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khvicha Beroshvili in the 90th minute of play forced Marske-by-the-Sea's goalkeeper Vaja Sulakvidze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marske-by-the-Sea's Vaja Sulakvidze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gogita Neparidze in the 92nd minute of play. Gogita Neparidze's late challenge caught a Marske-by-the-Sea's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gogita Neparidze helped the player get up and apologised. In the 94th minute, Gogita Neparidze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Croyde AFC fully deserved thier win.